Comments | gryphonrhi: Please, miss, can you spare a quick beta?

gryphonrhi

Please, miss, can you spare a quick beta?

Mar 30, 2005 19:59

Anyone got time to look over 400 words from Marc Scipio's POV to see if it makes sense to people other than me? If you haven't read the line war, this won't make sense, but well, I've been meaning to write this.

Off to work on Depth of Field in the meantime.

ETA: Acquired two betas; thanks, everyone. I'll post it here or link to it here. KickA ( Read more... )

stories: line war, fanfic, fandoms: highlander, characters: marc scipio, writing: beta requests

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alexandralynch March 31 2005, 02:44:38 UTC

If you haven't got anyone, send it to alexandralynch2000 AT yahoo.com...I've read the line war.

gryphonrhi March 31 2005, 02:48:53 UTC

Sent it off, and thanks!

alexandralynch March 31 2005, 02:56:23 UTC

Back to you.

I wish it was longer, but, as I said, I wish truffles came larger than two bites too. (Although I'm working on white chocolate brownies drizzled with bittersweet chocolate and caramel. That's almost as good.)

gryphonrhi March 31 2005, 03:23:28 UTC

Good Lord, what a sugar rush. Wow. And thanks for the instant-beta!

ars_longa March 31 2005, 02:45:10 UTC

I can do it, if you'll settle with a non-native speaker as a beta. :) arsllonga@hotmail.com

gryphonrhi March 31 2005, 02:49:51 UTC

Unfortunately, I need the grammar/spelling screw-ups checked, mostly. I've got two people looking it over now, and for something this short that should be enough -- thank you very much for offering, however!

ars_longa March 31 2005, 02:58:22 UTC

Oh well, I can feel your pain. :) My beta gave up on me and my 20,000 - words chapters, so now I have to do this all alone. Couple of days ago I went over them for something like 15th time and I'm still finding typos and mistakes...

Anyone is masohistic enough to beta a fiction that has 40-pages chapters? :)

gryphonrhi March 31 2005, 03:25:50 UTC

::wincing:: Yeah, the ubiquitous mistake that *everyone* has missed -- always at least one, no matter how many times you've looked, or how many betas, I think.

And your best bet is to ask on one of the fandom mailing lists, honestly. Posting on your own LJ helps if enough people read it, but the mailing lists are generally a better bet. Good luck!

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gryphonrhi March 31 2005, 03:24:20 UTC

{{hugs}} I know it is, dear, but I hate to impose on no notice anyway, y'know? (Now, if you find screw-ups we all missed, I'll wince, fix it, and bless you, but you knew that.)

kickair8p March 31 2005, 04:04:08 UTC

"KickA, Raven? I finally wrote the silly thing. It *only* took me ::counts, winces:: four and a half years. Eep? Do I get dispensation for a screwball immune system?"

Unneeded -- worth the wait!

~

gryphonrhi March 31 2005, 13:59:03 UTC

::laughing:: I'd been promising it to y'all for ages -- sorry it took so long. Gotta love Marc's reactions though. You really do.